2021 Week 11 Playoff Picture

• Standings entering week 11
• Scenarios
  • NFC Elimination Scenarios
  • AFC Elimination Scenarios
• Possible Seeds
• Team Control

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Standings entering week 11

• Conference Standings
• Division Standings

	NFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	GB	8-2	6-1	GB wins the tiebreak over ARI on Head-to-Head.
2	ARI	8-2	4-2
3	DAL	7-2	5-1
4	TB	6-3	4-3
5	LAR	7-3	5-2
6	NO	5-4	4-3
7	CAR	5-5	3-4
8	MIN	4-5	3-2	MIN wins the tiebreak over SF/ATL on Conference Record (3-2 vs 4-4/2-5).
9	SF	4-5	4-4	SF wins the tiebreak over ATL on Conference Record (4-4 vs 2-5).
10	ATL	4-5	2-5
11	PHI	4-6	3-3
12	WAS	3-6	3-2	WAS wins the tiebreak over NYG on Head-to-Head (1-0). WAS wins the tiebreak over CHI/SEA on Conference Record (3-2 vs 1-4/1-4).
13	NYG	3-6	2-4	NYG wins the tiebreak over CHI/SEA on Conference Record (2-4 vs 1-4/1-4).
14	SEA	3-6	1-4	SEA wins the tiebreak over CHI on Common Games (1-3 vs 0-4).
15	CHI	3-6	1-4
16	DET	0-8-1	0-6
	AFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	TEN	8-2	5-1
2	BUF	6-3	5-3	BUF wins the tiebreak over BAL on Conference Record (5-3 vs 4-3).
3	BAL	6-3	4-3
4	KC	6-4	2-4
5	PIT	5-3-1	3-2
6	NE	6-4	5-1
7	LAC	5-4	3-2	LAC wins the tiebreak over LV on Head-to-Head (1-0). LAC wins the tiebreak over CIN on Strength of Victory (23-25 vs 17-26-2).
8	LV	5-4	4-2	LV wins the tiebreak over CIN on Conference Record (4-2 vs 3-2).
9	CIN	5-4	3-2
10	IND	5-5	4-3	IND wins the tiebreak over CLE/DEN on Conference Record (4-3 vs 3-4/2-4).
11	CLE	5-5	3-4	CLE wins the tiebreak over DEN on Head-to-Head.
12	DEN	5-5	2-4
13	MIA	3-7	3-5
14	NYJ	2-7	2-5	NYJ wins the tiebreak over JAX on Common Games (2-3 vs 1-4).
15	JAX	2-7	2-5
16	HOU	1-8	1-5

NFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	DAL	7-2	2-0
2	PHI	4-6	0-1
3	WAS	3-6	1-0	WAS wins the tiebreak over NYG on Head-to-Head (1-0).
4	NYG	3-6	0-2
NFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	GB	8-2	2-0
2	MIN	4-5	1-0
3	CHI	3-6	1-1
4	DET	0-8-1	0-3
NFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	TB	6-3	1-1
2	NO	5-4	1-2
3	CAR	5-5	2-0
4	ATL	4-5	1-2
NFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	ARI	8-2	3-0
2	LAR	7-3	1-2
3	SF	4-5	1-3
4	SEA	3-6	1-1
AFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	BUF	6-3	3-0
2	NE	6-4	2-1
3	MIA	3-7	1-2
4	NYJ	2-7	0-3
AFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	BAL	6-3	0-1
2	PIT	5-3-1	1-1
3	CIN	5-4	2-1
4	CLE	5-5	1-1
AFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	TEN	8-2	3-0
2	IND	5-5	2-2
3	JAX	2-7	0-3
4	HOU	1-8	1-1
AFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	KC	6-4	1-1
2	LAC	5-4	2-0	LAC wins the tiebreak over LV on Head-to-Head (1-0).
3	LV	5-4	1-2
4	DEN	5-5	0-1

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Scenarios

NFC Elimination Scenarios

DET is knocked out of NFC North title contention with:

	1)	GB win
OR	2)	GB tie + DET tie
OR	3)	DET loss

 

AFC Elimination Scenarios

JAX is knocked out of AFC South title contention with:

1)

JAX loss + TEN win

 

HOU is knocked out of AFC South title contention with:

1)

HOU loss

 

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Possible Seeds

All seeds are still available to all teams, even, DET & HOU.

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Team Control

The seed that a team controls is the worst seed that team could get if they win out. These are often mutually exclusive because it is impossible for teams that play each other in future weeks to both win out.

Teams that control the 1 seed:
DAL TEN

Teams that control the 2 seed:
GB ARI

Teams that control the 3 seed:
BUF NE BAL PIT CIN

Teams that control the 4 seed:
TB NO CAR KC LAC LV DEN

Teams that control the 5 seed:
LAR

Teams that control the 6 seed:
CLE

Teams that control the 7 seed:
MIN ATL SF IND

Teams that could win out and still miss the playoffs:
PHI WAS NYG CHI DET SEA
MIA NYJ JAX HOU

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